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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
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- Subject: Re: AMIGA ASSEMBLER???
- Date: 22 Mar 96 14:28:02 +0000
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- Hi, UNREGISTERED VERSION , on 20-Mar-96 00:30:32 you scribbled....
- >>HELLO EVERYBODY, I HAVE JUST STARTED TO LEARN 68000 ASSEMLBY ON MY
- >>AMIGA 1200, WITH THE AIM TO CODE DEMOS AND GAMES. BUT I AM ASKING
- >>MYSELF IS IT WORTH IT???? APART FROM THE DEDICATED GUYS/GALS ON THIS
- >>NOTICE BOARD, NOTHING MUCH SEEMS TO HAPPENING ON THE AMIGA
- >>FRONT......IF I AM MISLED THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FLAME AT
- >>WILL......SO SHALL I CARRY ON OR GIVE UP?????
- >>HARLY QUIN
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- > Well it's hard to say. If you a just starting out completely from scratch
- >it's probably too late except for hacking stuff just for fun on your own
- >machine. Even if you are quick to learn you probably couldn't finish more
- >than one game or a few demos by the time the MC680x0 get relegated to the
- >dustbin. It all depends on how long people keep an active interest in the
- >older model Amigas.
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- > Also Escom stupidly cancelled all Amiga hardware
- >architecture from future "Amigas" possibly driving many people away even
- >quicker (although some might hang-on to their old MC680x0 ones for some time
- >before going for IBM and in the mean time might provide a base for your games
- >and demos). Of course learning MC680x0 assembler would improve your general
- >programming skills and make PPC easier (I'm not sure what PPC assembler is
- >like, it might be one of those RISC chips that has such obnoxious assembler
- >that your better off with 'C' even for most realtime stuff). Learning about
- >custom chips likely won't of much use for future Amigas thanks to Escom.
- >Still it may be your last chance to have sort of fun, thanks once again to
- >Escom. Some jobs also look upon that sort of experience favorably. Someone
- >has to code the advanced chips used in the navy or for cellular phones, etc.
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- I agree with using standard chips..at least for gfx.. the world is a different
- place from when the amiga first came out....
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- Too many companies dedicated to producing the next faster gfx chips...
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- Mike
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